Stop Lincoln University from Discrimination of Overweight and Obese

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   Name: Rebecca Weinstein on Nov 22, 2009

   Comments: This course should be removed, and if not done so by Lincoln University the courts should intervene.

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   Name: Anonymous on Nov 22, 2009

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   Name: Joyce Weinstein on Nov 22, 2009

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   Name: Barbara A. Bruno on Nov 22, 2009

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   Name: Krystal Dains on Nov 22, 2009

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   Name: Nichole Johnson on Nov 22, 2009

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   Name: Becky Stockbridge on Nov 22, 2009

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   Name: Bill Fabrey on Nov 22, 2009

   Comments: There are many reasons why corporations and in this case, a university, may target larger people for intervention, despite the fact that they always cite "health" as the reason. The same interventionist attitude is rarely displayed with the same vigor in the case of smaller employees who have health issues; nor is a larger body necessarily associated with health problems. One suspects that the larger employees or students may be embarrassing to the management to such an extent that they are willing to violate standards of decency and fairness to reduce that embarrassment. We believe in a HAES (Health at Every Size) philosophy. Bill Fabrey Council on Size & Weight Discrimination Mt Marion, NY www.cswd.org

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   Name: Lauren Ivory on Nov 22, 2009

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    Name: Christine Hanson on Nov 22, 2009

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    Name: Peggy Elam, Ph.D. on Nov 23, 2009

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    Name: Dr Raymond J. Ritchie on Nov 23, 2009

    Comments: This is outrageous. Where are the EEO/AA thought police when you need them I have never had a BI below 30 since I was in primary school. Today you are not allowed to harrass someone because they are black, hispanic, one legged, one-armed or talk with a funny accent, practice weird religions or sexual practices but you can exclude and humiliate someone for being "overweight" as much as you like. Often the harrassment is quite vicious. What has body mass got to do with academic achievement

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    Name: Doris Peschelt on Nov 23, 2009

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 23, 2009

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    Name: Caroline Urvater on Nov 23, 2009

    Comments: An invasion of privacy and a terribly offensive action!

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    Name: Joseph Connors on Nov 23, 2009

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    Name: Amy N. Parker on Nov 23, 2009

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    Name: Daniel on Nov 23, 2009

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    Name: Geneva Canino on Nov 23, 2009

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    Name: Zora Rottenstein on Nov 23, 2009

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    Name: Shawna P. on Nov 23, 2009

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    Name: Leyla Mozayen on Nov 23, 2009

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    Name: Nora Offen on Nov 23, 2009

    Comments: This is inappropriate, unwise, dangerous, and disrespectful on a very base level. BMI is a highly unscientific system of measurement, studies show that being overweight has much more to do with genetics than eating choices, and most of all, people deserve respect regardless of their size.

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    Name: Kat on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Miriam Berg on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: It is immoral, and should be illegal, to discriminate on the basis of body size, shape, or weight. The Council on Size & Weight Discrimination works to end such discrimination. Lincoln University should reconsider this policy, which sets a terrible precedent.

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: ALL students should be forced to take this course if the university is truly concerned with student health.

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    Name: Mary Ray Worley on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Alisha DeWitt on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: This is disgusting. These students paid for their education and have completed their coursework. Their physical appearance has absolutely no bearing on that fact.

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    Name: Michael Wilson on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: Outrageous! Fat Police, get your hands OFF our bodies!

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    Name: Bronwyn George on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: This is a discriminatory policy and if you want to require any kind of "health" class, make it required for ALL students, even those who are naturally thin and who may in fact have just as many unhealthy habits as the students with a higher BMI.

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    Name: J. Fritz on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: This is shameful. Fat does not equal unhealthy, and thin people can be unhealthy too! BMI is an inadequate, inaccurate, and outmoded index that was never intended to be a health indicator, only a statitstical model.

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    Name: Kim Dawson on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Tiffany VanPelt on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Lisa Rutland on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Allison Levine on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Erin Erlinger on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: unless the class in mandatory, then the calss is discrimiating against fat people...HOW DARE YOU...a historically black and minorities college is activally discriminating against your own people. Obesity is hostorically higher in minorities, and by making this a requirement, not only are you buying into the upper class white thiness myth but youy rae supressing teh very people you were founded to uplift.

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    Name: Esther Kemball on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: I find this utterly appalling. These students have done their work and passed their classes. They are entitled to graduate.

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Kate Gendall on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: Weight =/= health. If you want your students to be healthy, they should *all* be taking these classes.

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    Name: Carol Nicholson on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: As a person who is obese and active, this policy brings the insinuation that people above 30 BMI are always sedentary and are ignorant about food choices, while those below it are of full aptitude. Fat people know they are fat. Fat people know what foods are not good for them. They are reminded of it every day. Using this class is not only discriminatory, its insulting. If a student is paying thousands of dollars to come to this institution, they should not be bombarded with the suggestion that their body size, and not their aptitude and intelligence will determine their success in their professions.

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    Name: Anna Geletka on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Sabrina Gaylor on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Stephanie Grant on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Devon on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Elizabeth Miller on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Dr. Lore Guilmartin on Nov 24, 2009

    Comments: In an era of increasing tuition costs and diminishing salaries after graduation, shame on you for increasing the financial burden on larger students by requiring them to take additional coursework.

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    Name: Miriam Pollock on Nov 24, 2009

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    Name: Vannah G. on Nov 24, 2009

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